Key-ring.



' J. A. PRIGGE, JR.

KEY RING.

APPLICATION FILED mums, 191o.

977,22]. Patented Nov.29,1910.

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JOHN ALBERT PRIGGE, JR., 013 NEJV YORK, N. Y.

KEY-RING.

Application filed March 23, E910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. Parser, J12, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of N w York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of N w York, have invented a new and Improved Key-Ring,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to proyide a ring of the character described having separated portionsadapted to retain keys for distinct uses; to provide a construction forrings of the character described which has provided as a structuralfeature a name plate; to provide in a ring of the character described aclosure member laterally movable from a fixed member to permit theinsertion or extraction of keys therefrom; to provide in a ring of thecharacter described a structure the members whereof are normallydisposed in the same plane; to provide a structure of the characterdescribed the free ends whereof are disposed in position to avoidaccidentalengagement with the apparel of the user; and to provide aconstruction simple, economical, durable and graceful.

One embodiment of the present invention is disclosed in the structureillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which-Figure l is a face view of a ring constructed in accordance with thisinvention; Fig. 2 is a top of the same; Fig. 3 is a section taken on theline 33 in Fig. 1; Fig. t is a face view of a. ring constructed inaccordance with this invention, showing a modified form thereof; andFig. is a cross section of the same taken on the line 55 in Fig. l.

The present invention relates more particularly to that class of keyrings wherein the object or the user is to maintain in separatedrelation keys having distinctive uses. The arrangement usually selectedis that wherein one of the loops 4t, 4 is employed for carrying thebusiness keys, while to the other loop is assigned the so-called privatekeys. The loops 4:, 4c and a loop 5 are formed from a single extensionof flattened or other wire bent to the shape substantially as shown inFig. l of the drawings.

Within the loop 5 is fixedly secured a plate 6, upon which may begraved, or otherwise provided, the name of the user, con- Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910. Serial No. 551,023.

taining name, residence and other particulars desired. The wire formingthe loop 5 is given the segmental shape illustrated, and curved to acomplete circle, which it is the design of the invention to produce. Atthe ends of the segmental sect-ion the wire is bended and extended tothe center of the circle of which the curved side sections form a part.The side sections 7, 7 of the loop 5 are bent to form sections 8, 8,which are disposed in parallel relation and extended to the periphery ofthe circle formed by the completed ring. The wire is, from the ends ofthe sections 8, 8, bent and extended backward toward the juncture of theradial side sections 7, 7 with the curved section of the loop 5. At thesaid juncture the curved sections 9, 9 of the loops at, a are departedfrom, and straight sections 10, 10 are formed, disposing the saidsections 10, 10 in close and parallel arrangement with the straightsections 7, 7. At the inner ends of the sections l0, 10 are formed lips11, 11. In disposing the sections 7 7 with the sections 10, 10substantially the arrangement provided in the constructing of thesections 8, 8 is followed. By means of this construction there isprovided in the completed ring the appearance of a circular disk formedfrom three segments separated by parallel structural radially disposedmembers. The plate 6 is held within the loop 5 by being soldered orotherwise mechanically and fixedly retained therein.

In the operation of a ring constructed as shown and herein described,the section 10 is forced laterally from the section 7 to receive andpass between the same the key handle, the section 10 being passedthrough the interior of the opening provided in the said handle. In thismanner the key is introduced from the center of the ring upwardly untilthe section 9 is reached, when on being released, the keys groupthemselves around the sections 9, 9 and in hanging arrangement thereon.When it is desired to remove a key from the ring the reverse of thisoperation is performed.

As stated above, the keys are disposed on the said ring with referenceto their uses. This forms a convenient article, as thereby the user may,at any time, and quickly, select the key desired from the bunchsuspended on said ring.

The form of construction illustrated in Figs. a and 5 is a modificationof that hereinbefore set forth, in that the plate 6 is omitted, and thesections 8, 8 are dispensed with, and a cross bar 12 substitutedtherefor. Further in this construction and by reason of the employmentof the cross bar 12, the extensions of the sections 10, 10 are disposedin parallel relation, and the ends carrying the loops 11, 11 thereof areextended pastthe center to form, at the median section of the ring thetriple and parallel arrangement of the bar 12 and the sections 10 10, asseen in the drawings.

The method of operating the modified form is the same as set forth withreference to the form illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 inelusive.

In both forms of the invention the separated arrangement of the keys isprovided for..

Having thus described my invention what 1 I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is A key ring comprising a single spring metalwire bent to form a cross bar and two loops extended therefrom, saidloops being disposed in the same plane and having straight free endsections disposed in parallel contactual relation with the said crossbar, the free ends of said straight sections being out-turned from saidcross bar in the same plane with said loops to form lip extensions forthreading the said wire through the handles of keys. Y

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN ALBERT PRIGGE, JR. lVit-nesses I. A. GRAHAM, H. HERRMANN.

